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No. 17/2007
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The Senate met from 12.30pm until 11.25pm
Legislation
Bills and related documents available on BillsNet <www.aph.gov.au/bills/index.htm>
Bills considered
The following bills were introduced
- Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment (Debt Agreements) Bill 2007
and a related bill [passed by the House of Representatives on
1 March 2007]
The following bills were debated
- Airspace Bill 2006 and a related bill–second reading
commenced and adjourned [first
speaker]
- Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment
Bill 2007–second reading commenced and adjourned [first
speaker]
- Energy Efficiency Opportunities Amendment Bill
2006–second reading commenced and adjourned [first
speaker]
- Native Title Amendment Bill 2006–second reading commenced
[first
speaker]
- Private Health Insurance Bill 2006 and 6 related
bills–second reading agreed to [first
speaker] [details of the bill will be considered on a future
sitting day]
Notices of motion
To extend the hours of meeting
A
notice was given by the Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and
Conservation (Senator Abetz) to extend the hours of meeting for the
remainder of the Autumn sittings to allow the Government’s
legislative program to be considered.
To introduce a private senator’s bill
- Criminal Code Amendment (Anti-Child Abuse and Pornography
Materials) Bill 2007–notice given by Senator Ludwig
Message from the House of Representatives
- Statute Law Revision Bill (No. 2) 2006 [2007]–agreeing to
the bill without amendment [This bill has been assented to]
Bills assented to
Assent to a number of laws was reported in the Senate
See Committees for details of reports
relating to legislation
Delegated legislation
See Disallowance
Alert for a complete list of notices of motion to disallow (and
outcomes)
Notice of motion withdrawn
The Chair of the Standing Committee on Regulations and
Ordinances (Senator Watson) withdrew a notice to disallow a
determination amending Schedule 4 of Determination HIB 20/2006
(made under the National Health Act 1953) to correct an
administrative oversight in the making of the determination.
See Documents for details of instruments
[Clerk’s documents] tabled
Committees
For scheduled public
committee hearings
For committee
reports
Reports tabled
-
Aged Care Amendment (Security and Protection) Bill
2007–Community Affairs Committee
-
AusCheck Bill 2006–Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Committee
-
Human Services (Enhanced Service Delivery) Bill
2007–Finance and Public Administration Committee
-
Qantas Sale (Keep Jetstar Australian) Amendment Bill
2007–Economics Committee
Notice of motion given
A notice of motion was given to refer matters relating to
mental health services in Australia to the Community Affairs
Committee for report by 30 June 2008.
Membership
The Senate discharged Senator Ellison and appointed Senator
Abetz as a member of the Selection of Bills Committee.
Documents
Orders for the production of documents–Orders with
continuing effect
Indexed lists of departmental and agency files published on the
Internet
Statements of compliance for
various agencies were tabled [Letters of advice about certain
files created by departments and agencies are required
to be tabled twice a year]
Departmental and agency contracts published on the Internet
Statements of compliance for
2 agencies were tabled [Letters of advice about certain
contracts valued at $100 000 or more entered into by departments
and agencies are required
to be tabled twice a year]
Documents tabled
- Auditor-General–
Audit reports nos 29 and 30 of 2006-07
-
Clerk’s documents [legislative instruments and other
documents required by statute to be tabled, including
Governor-General’s Proclamations]
- Commonwealth Day message from Her Majesty the Queen
- Government documents [See Journal entries nos
2 and
23]
-
2 petitions
Other business
Questions without notice and issues arising during question
time–first
question
Adjournment debate–first
speaker
Ministerial arrangements
The Leader of the Government in the Senate ( Senator Minchin )
informed the Senate of changes to the Howard Ministry .
Motions agreed to
Motion negatived
Condolence motion
The Senate agreed to a
motion moved by the Leader of the Government in the Senate
(Senator Minchin) relating to the airline crash in Yogyakarta,
Indonesia on 7 March 2007. [first
speaker]
Notices of motion
Notices of motion given today are available in the Senate
Journals.
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Online
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It is issued by the Senate Table Office as a convenient summary
of each day’s proceedings in the Senate. For a complete
account see the official record, the Journals of the
Senate, on the Internet at http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/pubs/index.htm
Related resources
The Order of Business (or ‘Senate Red’) and
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Business throughout the sitting day) are also available on the
Internet at www.aph.gov.au/senate
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